House of Commons Library Briefing Paper: Number 7951, 21 August 2019: T Levels: Reforms to Technical Education

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Youth Unemployment Statistics 488,000 young people aged 16-24 were unemployed in May-July 2019, a small increase from the previous quarter and little changed from the year

This was the first time that apprentices were expected to contribute to the costs of their learning, and led to an 88% fall in the number of people aged 25+ starting an advanced

This includes all formula-led funding, transitional protection funding, high needs funding, and those elements of student support funding provided through allocations to

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protection funding, high needs funding, and those elements of student support funding provided through allocations to providers (for example, the 16-19 discretionary bursary,